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Pamela Rae Benda, a 33-year-old white female and divorced mother of three, was found murdered in her University City, Missouri apartment on February 21, 1978. Employed as a waitress at the Washington University Faculty Conference Center, she had last been seen alive on February 12, 1978. Her nude body was discovered on the bedroom floor, with a pillowcase over her head and an apron tied around her neck. She had been both strangled and stabbed. There were no signs of forced entry, suggesting she ...Read More
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Victim Details

Pamela Benda

Female

White / Caucasian

University City

MO

1978-02-12

33

Pamela

Benda

11/27/2025